Kennett Werner is a prospective history major at Princeton University and an intern with the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations. Previously he spent the summer in Beijing, working at China...

How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism But Silences Collective Expression

Contrary to previous understandings, Chinese Internet posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of the state, its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored than posts without this content. Instead, this study shows that the censorship program is aimed at curtailing...